The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-12-30
fFTIETR 0CRGRESS,
Abstract of the Proceedings OF the
Senate and House.

Senator Call renewed his motion to
nrint in the Record the memorial Of the
| Utah consitional convention. Edmunds
| and Call INDUCED in a sarcastic personal
dispute over the motion and finally MT
! Cali said the memorial having been tead ny
him, it would necessarily be(printeu III tho
Record. As he did not desire to provoke
! auy further contention in the matter he
withdrew his resolution.
Mr.. Blair succeeded, by a vote OF 81 TO 10,
in inducing the senate to make his educa-
| tional bill the regular order Of business.
The nay vote was as follows:
Bate, Beck, Butler, Cockrell, Faulkner,
German, Gray, Harris. Hawley,- Hearst,
! Morgan, Reagan, Salisbury and Vest
Senator Dayis Of Minnesota made his first
! report from the committee on pensions,
presenting with favorable recommends
! ticns the bills granting $4,000 pension to
the widows OF John A. Logan and Frank
P. Blair. He asked immediate considera-
ton for the bills. Berry OF Arkansas Dbl
| jected to the Logan bill and German to
the Blair bill, and they had to go over.
| Berry objects to this chara Cter OF bills, be-
| Eeving that the widows OF private soldiers
should fare as well as the widows OF major
| generals. German objected because Seua-
tor Vest, who has taken a strong interest
in the bill, was out of the chamber at the
time.
The sena Se has removed the injunction
| OF secrecy from the following nominations,
which were confirmed on the 10th inst:
Charles s.. Fairchild, New York, secre-
tary OF the treasury; George L. Rives,
New York, assistant secretary OF state;
Isaac H.. Maynard, New York, assistant
secretary of the treasury; James w.
Hyatt, Connecticut, United States treas
urer; Bayliss w. Hanna, Indiana, minis
ter to the Argentine Republic; Alexander
s.. Lawton, Georgia, minister to Austria
Hungary.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Barnum, of Pennsylvania, offered a
preamble and resolution ~reciting that it is
currently reported that the coal operators
in the Lehigh region are now importing, or
are about to import 1000 Belgian miners
to take the place OF miners now on Il strike
in that section, and requesting the treas
ury department to prevent the land
ing OF the Belgian miners, and to
see that the law against the Importation
OF labor under contract is strictly enforc-
ed. Referred to committee on labor.
Propositions TO increase tine membership
OF the committee on rule to seven, and to
provide for a committee on the American
isthmns were respectively introduced by
Messrs. Townsend and Baker, OF Illinois, |
and referred to the committee on rules.
DGlGkdlC NlllOId HIC6GLlGh ~ lhO uOuHC w |
petition nf the late convention OF soldiers
and sailors at Woonsocket, Oak, praying
for a law providing that all pensions shall
date from the beginning OF the disability
for which they are allowed.
.. SENATE.
Mr.. Allison in the senate called up the
holiday recess resolution, and moved its
adoption. Mar. Plumb opposed the res olu-
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recess was against the public interest. As
long and tedious political debate sprung
up after which the adjournment resolution
was eoneurred in-yeas. II R~eHehttcars !
and 26 Demoerates: nays, II Republicans
and 2 Democrats.
A bill was introduced by Sem
Rtor Ingalls, TO amend section s Of
the act Tor the adjustment of railroad
land grants SO as to provide that when
the lands in question have been sold Tor
state and county taxes and the grant ait
erwards forfeited the purchasers OF the land
shall nave for one yea a prior right to pur-
chas the lands from the United States at
the government price.
HOUSE
The house has adopted the main body
OF last years rules with som minor
changes and unimportapt additions. The
contest over the new propositions goes
oves until after the holidays. There ID
still an additional proposed change. 1t Is
the printing OF the Congressional
Record be abolished, and that the number
of copies. OF each public bill to be printed
shall be reduced from 4, 800 TO 300.
Mr.. Randall, from the committee on
rules. submitted a partial report, which
recommended the adoption Of the rules Of
the Forty-nfnth congress until further or
der, with the following changes: Al stand
ing COMMITTEES is established TO consist OF
Fifteen members to be known as
the committee on merchant marine
and fisheries. The addition OF the
representation OF a delegate on the com
mittee on private land claims is recon-
mended. Private bills are to be presented
through tho clerk and given proper reier-
ence by that officer. The following select
committees are provided for: On reform
Ia the civil service, TO consist OF thirteen
members; on election of president and vice
president and representative Ia congress to
consist 81 thirteen members; on the eleventh
census. to consist of thirteen members: on
Indian depreciation claims, to consist OF
thirteen members; on the alcoholic liquor
traffic, I'll consist OF eleven members. Mr..
Randall explained the proposed changes,
which he stated we're. with one exception,
recommended by the unanimous vote Of
I viz CRdaiAAtetN vi 0fSN hAb CAICRttOA
was the recommendation for the appoint
ment of the special COMMITTEES on the al
/ coholic liquor traffic. Reed, Cannon and
himself constituted the majority oil the
committee on this question. The report
was adopted.
SENATE
The following special senate committee
to investigate the condition Of the five
civilized Indian tribes has been appointed:
Messrs. Butler, Morgan, Dawes, Cameron
and Teller.
Senator Dolph introduced a bin TO pro-
vide for the payment Of claims for dam.
i ages By Indian depredations. He said
that there were some 1000 such claims,
agregating some fourteen Of fifteen million
dollars.
HOUSE.
The most important modification OF the
ruler adopted By the hopse, was that which
provides Tor sending private bills to the
committee without requiring them to be
read by their titles in the hearing 81 the
house. This will result in saving an emo
n ~ go 5000